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fat-shames

fat-shames is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fat-shame.

Meaning of fat-shame

Verb

fat-shame (third-person singular simple present fat-shames, present participle fat-shaming, simple past and past participle fat-shamed)

  1. (transitive) To criticise or deride (someone) because of their overweightness or obesity.
    • Using the same format as posters intended to fat-shame children, but changing the message to fat positivity, queers fat.2016, Cat Pausé, Jackie Wykes, Samantha Murray, Queering Fat Embodiment, Routledge, page 78

Questions about fat-shames

What is fat-shames the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fat-shames is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fat-shame.

Words near fat-shames in the dictionary

  1. fat-rumped sheep
  2. fat-shame
  3. fat-shamed
  4. fat-shamer
  5. fat-shamers
  6. fat-shames
  7. fat-shaming
  8. fat-soluble
  9. fat-tail
  10. fat-tailed
  11. fat-tailed dunnart

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